Forest Ceiling

Do you think the sunlight coming through is too bright white or not?

 

Also, what else do you think is good or bad about this picture?

Reuben- From the thumbnail i thought this was going to be the same picture i've seen a million time--trees viewed from the bottom converging toward each other in perspective. however, the types of leaves, the mossy stuff, and the right-leaning trunks help lend a lot more originality to it. i would, however, crop out the whole right side (with the questionable bright light) and make the three main trunks the dominating compositional factor. with the three trunks beginning across the bottom but all curving and leaning toward the right, the composition is surpisingly dynamic for a commonly shot type of photo. that also allows the cool leaves and really great shades of leafy and mossy green to take on some power without the bright light distracting from them. there's something i really like about your photo--i think it's in the comically angled, green-furry trunks and the long, skinny palm-treeish leaves (like my technical terms?). great eye! * beth

How's this? I cropped the left quite a bit also.

it looks a lot better cropped the light coming through on the right was too hot it took the focus of your subject.

I think that cropping greatly improved the image. I agree that, in the original, there was too much too bright light off to one side that detracted from the composition.

I like the crop, too. Here is the crop i would do if it were mine (which it isn't).

Thanks, Beth. I like both the cropped image you did and the one I did. I originally cropped it similar to how you did, and I'm not sure which I like better.

 

Thanks for the feedback! :)

I think the photo is just about there, try reshooting using fill flash and keep all the original settings the same. Should counter the halo affect and brighten up some moss and show a little more texture. This would be a terrific shot for technical pan film (B&W) It would look almost Jarasic era